STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7202 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the civic education fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 91-e to read as follows: 3 § 91-e. Civic education fund. 1. There is hereby established in the 4 joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of educa- 5 tion, a special fund to be known as the "civic education fund". 6 2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated, credited or 7 transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Noth- 8 ing contained in this section shall prevent the state from receiving 9 grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in 10 this section and depositing them into the fund according to law. 11 3. Monies from the fund shall be expended only for community-based 12 organizations, non-profits and other non-traditional organizations to 13 implement civics education projects including, but not limited to, 14 universities, museums, libraries, and cultural institutions. Such funds 15 may also be expended for civic education projects including, but not 16 limited to, mock trials, debate forums, voter registration activities, 17 and projects that demonstrate an understanding of the connections 18 between federal, state and local politics including issues that may 19 impact the students' community. 20 4. On or before the first of February of each year, the commissioner 21 of education shall provide a written report to the temporary president 22 of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance 23 committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the 24 senate committee on education, chair of the assembly committee on educa- 25 tion, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall include EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09296-03-9

A. 7202 2 1 how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar 2 year and shall include: 3 (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund; 4 (ii) the purpose of the expenditures from the fund; and 5 (iii) anticipated expenditure projections for the next year. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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